Nursing Home Abuse

Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is a legal procedure used to consolidate and streamline multiple cases that involve similar issues and are filed in different federal district courts. MDLs can facilitate the efficient handling of complex litigation, such as mass torts, which involve numerous plaintiffs who have been harmed by a defendant’s actions or products. In the…

After NY Repeals Immunity, Judge Allows Covid-19 Lawsuit Against Nursing Home To Proceed During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law giving nursing homes in NY immunity from liability for Covid-19 related deaths. The Emergency Disaster Treatment Protection Act (EDTPA) meant that families of patients who died from Covid-19 while…

New Jersey Agrees to Pay $53 to Families of Veterans Who Died From Covid-19 in Nursing Homes The families of 119 military veterans who died from COVID-19 at state-managed homes during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic will receive nearly $53 million from the state of New Jersey. Many family members filed lawsuits against…

Keeping Your Loved One In A Nursing Home Safe During The Holidays

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo enacted a controversial law granting nursing homes and other essential businesses immunity from lawsuits. The law, known as “Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act” shielded these organizations from negligence claims related to COVID-19. The act was originally tucked into the state budget last year, granting…

New York AARP Asks Governor Cuomo to Implement Nursing Home Reforms Since Covid-19 began to spread about a year ago, the number of nursing home deaths has skyrocketed – nursing home residents comprise more than one-third of Covid-19 related deaths. So too, have stories of severe neglect of nursing home residents, which has led to…

Can You File a Lawsuit in NY or Other States For Abuse or Neglect in a Nursing Home? In December 2020, the family of Jakob Khorsandi and two other families filed lawsuits against Silverado Senior Living in California for allegedly abusing or neglecting its residents, resulting in the deaths of three elder patients and a…

Attorney General Releases Results of Investigation Into Covid-19 Deaths in New York Nursing Homes In a 76-page report published January 28, NY Attorney General Leticia James’s office (OAG) revealed that the New York Department of Health (DOH) may have underreported Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50%. They came to this conclusion…

Professor Reminds Us That “Nursing Home Horrors” Go Beyond Covid-19 In a December 1, 2020 opinion article in the New York Post (“the Post”), Professor Charles Camosy provided a grim reminder that nursing home residents are suffering during this pandemic in ways that exceed the scope of the virus itself. Nursing home residents make up…